Save the date for our annual General Membership Meeting on Friday, November 6, 2026 at 12 pm EST!

I rarely post here, but I've a paper out I'm very proud of: "Tangent 1: How can we know? An intersectional feminist ADHD epistemology of ranting, spirality and curvimultipoint(s)," Disability Studies Quarterly (@disstudies.bsky.social). Download PDF (for free) here: dsq-sds.org/article/id/6...

Check out the newest issue of Disability Studies Quarterly! Volume 45, Issue 4 - Summer 2026 is out now: dsq-sds.org/issue/387/in...

Greetings, Society! A friendly reminder: the conference proposal deadline is September 20! If you’ve been thinking about submitting, this is your nudge. We’re excited to see what you’re working on and to bring our community together for another great conference.

Society for Disability Studies@disstudies.bsky.social · last mo.

The SDS 2027 conference "Here and There, Then and Now: Disability Studies at the End of the World" is accepting session proposals through Sept 20! sites.google.com/disstudies.o... 1/5

Only 2 weeks left to submit!

Society for Disability Studies@disstudies.bsky.social · last mo.

The SDS 2027 conference "Here and There, Then and Now: Disability Studies at the End of the World" is accepting session proposals through Sept 20! sites.google.com/disstudies.o... 1/5

The SDS 2027 conference "Here and There, Then and Now: Disability Studies at the End of the World" is accepting session proposals through Sept 20! sites.google.com/disstudies.o... 1/5

SDS Conference 2027

Call for Papers Note: A text-only version of the information below is available as a Google Doc at this link.

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Not sure what session format to propose for our 2027 conference? We put together this infographic to break down the options! Learn more and submit on our conference website: sites.google.com/DisStudies.o...

What might we gain from centering disability as a site of valuable knowledge, embodied wisdom, and radical creativity in our current political moment? Submit your proposal by the 20th of September 2026: sites.google.com/disstudies.o...

SDS Conference 2027 - Submission Form

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Curious about the Collaboration Forum for our upcoming virtual conference? Learn more about how to find collaborators and submit a session idea! sites.google.com/disstudies.o...

SDS Conference 2027 - Collaboration Forum

How to Use the Collaboration Forum

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Thrilling to see a future class of Society For @disstudies.bsky.social visionaries reflected here. In recruiting our candidate slate, we strove for the widest cross-section of our membership's work theorizing DisStudies globally. Members, your ballot closes on 11:59 EDT today, Mon. 7/13!

Society for Disability Studies@disstudies.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Have you voted in the election for the new SDS Board of Directors? If you haven't yet, there's still time to cast your vote! disstudies.org/2026-nominees/

The 2026 Elections are now open! Members have received communications regarding the current elections. Voting closes July 13. Please make sure you have an active membership! We have an incredible slate of nominees this year! disstudies.org/2026-nominees/

Make sure to vote in our 2026 elections by the end of TODAY, July 13! Learn more about the incredible slate of candidates and cast your vote here: lnkd.in/e4d_qPk2

How might we amplify disabled expertise and crip wisdom - centering ways of living with injury and interdependence - as a way of refusing the ableist nihilism that underwrites apocalypse’s finality & its fixation on healing, cure, & redemption? Submit your proposal: sites.google.com/disstudies.o...

SDS Conference 2027 - Submission Form

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Amidst escalating political repression, imperialist violence, climate crisis, and warfare, how do we practice disability studies at the end of the world? sites.google.com/disstudies.o... Consider submitting proposals for presentations and discussion for the 2027 SDS Conference by 20 Sept!

SDS Conference 2027

Call for Papers Note: A text-only version of the information below is available as a Google Doc at this link.

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Excited for our 2027 conference? So are we! If you have a question, please check out the new FAQ page on our website. If we haven't answered it yet, you can email us at meeting@disstuides.org sites.google.com/disstudies.o...

Have you voted in the election for the new SDS Board of Directors? If you haven't yet, there's still time to cast your vote! disstudies.org/2026-nominees/

SDS 2027 Conference - Frequently Asked Questions We have put together a series Questions and Answers, based on the most frequent questions received by SDS about the conference, over the past few weeks. #DisabilityStudies #DisabilityResearch #Disability sites.google.com/disstudies.o...

If youre a current member of SDS, please make sure to cast your vote in our yearly Board elections! Voting closes July 13! disstudies.org/2026/04/28/2...

Here and There, Then and Now: Disability Studies at the End of the World Call for Papers for the 2027 SDS Conference - put together by the fabulous Conference & Events Committee Deadline for submissions: September 20, 2026 Conference: 23 & 24 April 2027 sites.google.com/disstudies.o...

New Editors' Introduction published in the Disability Studies Quarterly journal: Editors' Introduction Jeffrey A. Brune (Gallaudet University) Donald Grushkin (CSU-Sacramento) Rachael Nebraska Lynch (George Washington University) dsq-sds.org/article/id/7... #DisabilityResearch #DisabilityStudies

Calling all in #DisabilityStudies - please share the news that @disstudies.bsky.social has a new conference CFP out! "Here and There, Then and Now: Disability Studies at the End of the World" is going to be AMAZING next April! 1/7

New article published in the Disability Studies Quarterly journal: 'The [My] Disabled Body As/In/Fertile Ground: An Arts-Based Exploration of Becoming-Disabled and Becoming-Mother' by Jenna Gabriel, Virginia Commonwealth University dsq-sds.org/article/id/6... #DisabilityStudies #ArtsResearch

The 2026 Elections are now open! Members have received communications regarding the current elections. Voting closes July 13. Please make sure you have an active membership! We have an incredible slate of nominees this year! disstudies.org/2026-nominees/

New article published in the Disability Studies Quarterly journal: ‘“We’re the Ones Making the Future:” Reflections on the Community Co-Curation of a Disability and Neurodiversity Arts Exhibition’ by Ria J. Gualano, Cornell University dsq-sds.org/article/id/6... #DisabilityStudies #Neurodiversity

New article published in the Disability Studies Quarterly journal: ‘”Capitalism, Colonialism, All That Bullshit”: Critical (Dys)Consciousness and Disability-Focused Campus Organizations’ by Jessica Hinson-Williams, Boston College dsq-sds.org/article/id/6... #DisabilityResearch #DisabilityStudies

Virtual Conference Announcement! The Society for Disability Studies is excited to announce our call for papers, themed Here and There, Then and Now: Disability Studies at the End of the World. sites.google.com/DisStudies.o...

SDS Conference 2027

Call for Papers Note: A text-only version of the information below is available as a Google Doc at this link.

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New article published in the Disability Studies Quarterly journal: 'The ADA at 35: Disabled Judicial Personnel and Access to the Courts' by Mamadi K. Corra, East Carolina University dsq-sds.org/article/id/6... #DisabilityStudies #Disabilityresearch #Access #ADA

New article published in Disability Studies Quarterly: 'Unscripted Revelation: The Spirit of Sign Language and the Threat of Deaf Christianity in the Nineteenth-Century United States' by William Stell, New York University dsq-sds.org/article/id/6... #DisabilityStudies #DisabilityResearch #Deafness